Chapter 152: How About You Come Follow Me and Learn Medicine

Chapter 152: How About You Come Follow Me and Learn Medicine

As for Mrs. Hu, she didn’t have it easy either. The following day, a huge malignant sore appeared on her mouth, painful like needle pricks, and she felt unwell all over.

The couple was uneasy. Mrs. Hu thought that all of this stemmed from this rascally man of hers who insisted on provoking that girl from the Yujia household. Furious, she ended up fighting with Mr. Zhou, the butcher.

Mr. Zhou was a henpecked husband. But at this moment, with two broken ribs, he was lying on the kang, trembling in fear. Mrs. Hu started another fight with him—he thought that if Mrs. Hu hadn’t caused a scene, Shuangyun wouldn’t have hit the wall, and he wouldn’t have received this retribution, leaving him bedridden!

The more Mr. Zhou thought about it, the angrier he became. He grabbed the hot water bottle lying on the kang and threw it at Mrs. Hu.

Mrs. Hu screamed, “Oh, great! Zhou Dasheng, you’re rebelling against the heavens! Just watch, I’ll make sure to finish you off!”

Mrs. Hu and Mr. Zhou, the butcher, fought fiercely.

Although Mrs. Hu was fierce, Mr. Zhou, despite his brute strength, was accustomed to being dominated by his wife and was injured. They fought to a stalemate, both ending up with bleeding heads. Mrs. Hu was disfigured, and Mr. Zhou had two more broken ribs, nearly dead.

When Wei Pozi heard the news, she stood outside the Yujia household, spat angrily in the direction of the Zhou household, and laughed heartily a few times.

Shuangyun’s condition hadn’t been good for the past two days. Although Grandma Daxi had said she had no life-threatening injuries, Shuangyun had been unconscious and hadn’t woken up. Sometimes, in her dreams, she still furrowed her brow, which was distressing to watch.

Although no one dared to gossip about Shuangyun after this incident, the cost was too high.

Bai Xiaofeng’s pregnancy was advancing, and seeing all this made her anxious. Privately, she said to Li Chunhua, “If I give birth to a daughter and raise her with all my love and care, what will I do if she encounters something like what happened to Shuangyun?”

Li Chunhua had a simple thought, “Then earn more silver. If anyone dares to mistreat my daughter, I’ll hire people to throw that person into the wilderness to feed the wolves!”

At first, Bai Xiaofeng found it amusing, but upon careful consideration, she thought it might actually be a viable solution.

And so, Bai Xiaofeng began to calculate.

Recently, she had earned quite a bit of personal savings. Originally, she had planned to save it for her two daughters-in-law’s weddings, intending to provide some financial support. But now, seeing the situation, this money wouldn’t need to go to her sons. After all, her sons would have the family funds to marry, so she wouldn’t need to worry too much. Instead, she could divide the money equally—one part for Xingxing’s trousseau and the other for her daughter in her womb.

A woman should always have her own money!

This thought made Bai Xiaofeng feel much better.

…

Shuangyun’s room was originally a small shed in the southwestern corner of the Yujia household used for storing miscellaneous items. After Shuangyun arrived, the Yujia family cleaned up the shed, renovated it, and secured the windows and roof firmly, making it quite presentable.

It was small, but it had all the necessary furniture like cabinets and tables.

At the moment, the charcoal brazier was burning brightly, with a window slightly ajar to prevent the charcoal fire from becoming too intense and causing an accident.

Shuangyun lay in a daze on the kang, while Xingxing sat by her side, fiddling with a nine-ring puzzle, waiting for Shuangyun to wake up.

Wei Pozi was truly concerned and, when a traveling doctor came to the village, invited him to examine Shuangyun.

The traveling doctor examined Shuangyun’s eyelids and felt her pulse. Then, he said, “She won’t survive. Prepare for her funeral,” which scared Wei Pozi so much that her legs gave out.

Xingxing was also shocked, and the nine-ring puzzle slipped from her hand and fell to the ground.

“Grandma Daxi said that Sister Shuangyun won’t die!” Xingxing argued anxiously.

But the traveling doctor said, “What do you know, child?”

He then asked Wei Pozi for the consultation fee and left, shaking his head with his hands behind his back.

Wei Pozi looked gloomy and shook her head sadly at Shuangyun, who lay on the kang, feeling deeply heartbroken.

This is also a girl with a bitter fate.

But Xingxing refused to accept this.

Just as a neighbor came to look for Wei Pozi about something, Wei Pozi left the room, leaving Xingxing alone with Shuangyun.

Xingxing looked at Shuangyun, who lay pale on the kang, clenched her small fists, ran into the room to put on a thick grey cloak, stuffed some "good things" she had saved, and then went out.

Xingxing called out to Wei Pozi, "Grandma, I'm going to Daxisipo's place!"

Wei Pozi was talking with the neighbor by the wall and sneezed two or three times in a row, so she didn't hear Xingxing.

Xingxing assumed Wei Pozi had agreed and hurried with her short legs toward Daxisipo's residence.

Xingxing had been to Daxisipo's place once before and still remembered the way. She trudged through the snow, panting as she headed into the mountains.

Daxisipo lived deep in the mountains and, on this day with good sunlight, was turning medicinal herbs to dry outside her wooden house. She rubbed her eyes when she saw a grey mass moving slowly along the mountain path.

Daxisipo thought she might be seeing things.

After watching for a while, she realized that the moving mass wasn’t some strange creature but a small child, dressed warmly like a little ball, trudging step by step up the mountain!

Daxisipo clicked her tongue and stood by the side of the path, waiting to see which family's child this was.

When the child came closer, Daxisipo recognized her as the precious child of the Yujia family!

Xingxing wiped the sweat from her forehead and, looking up, saw Daxisipo standing at the other end of the path, smiling at her.

Xingxing lost her balance, plopped down, and almost rolled down the mountain in a ball.

"What brings you here?" Daxisipo, though not known for her good temper, still reached out to help Xingxing up, despite her harsh tone.

Xingxing didn’t mind Daxisipo’s tone and, once pulled up, immediately called out in a childish voice, "Daxisipo, a passing doctor said Sister Shuangyun won’t make it and told us to prepare for her funeral!"

Daxisipo raised an eyebrow. "Hmm?"

Xingxing wiped her dirty hands on her clothes and then carefully took Daxisipo's hand. "Daxisipo... you said Sister Shuangyun would be fine. Xingxing knows you are very capable, and since you said so, Sister Shuangyun will definitely be okay! But..."

"If you know she’ll be fine, why are you worried?" Daxisipo interrupted, her tone sharp.

Xingxing was taken aback by the question and couldn’t respond.

But Daxisipo smiled as she examined Xingxing.

The little girl had clearly walked a long way, was sweating profusely, and her face was flushed red like a steamed bun.

Yet her eyes were clear, now filled with a hint of anxiousness, watery and misty...

Actually, quite cute.

Thinking this, Daxisipo suddenly said, "...Why don’t you come and learn medicine with me?"